oblate

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈɒbleɪt/ (or IPA: /ɒˈbleɪt/ for adjective)
• (America) IPA: /ˈɑbleɪt/

Noun

oblate (plural oblates)

1. (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
2. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
   • 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19

Related terms

• oblation
• offer
• offering

Adjective

oblate

1. Flattened or depressed at the poles.

   The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

   • 1922, Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? — James Joyce, Ulysses
   • 1997, ‘ ’Tis prolate, still,’ with a long dejected Geordie O. ‘Isn’t it…?’ ‘I’m an Astronomer,– trust me, ’tis gone well to oblate.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Antonyms

• prolate

Related terms

• oblatum

Verb

oblate (oblates, present participle oblating; past and past participle oblated)

1. To offer as either a gift or an oblation

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